Washington, DC – Today Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, delivered testimony during a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Energy & Air Quality.

In his testimony during the hearing, themed “Climate Change: Competitiveness Concerns and Prospects for Engaging Developing Countries,” Hufbauer referenced the National Foreign Trade Council’s (NFTC) recent paper on climate change, titled “WTO – Compatibility of Four Categories of U.S. Climate Change Policy.” Hufbauer also noted that attached to his written testimony was a statement from NFTC President Bill Reinsch, who was originally scheduled to testify.

The U.S.-Middle East Free Trade Coalition, managed by the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), and is made up of over 110 U.S. companies and associations supporting trade expansion and economic development in the Middle East.

The National Foreign Trade Council (www.nftc.org) is a leading business organization advocating an open, rules-based world economy. Founded in 1914 by a group of American companies that supported an open world trading system, the NFTC now serves hundreds of member companies through its offices in Washington and New York.